Anybody got a spare $9,500? If so, you can have what is being identified as a set of drums Jimmy used on the Strictly Personal tour ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29937&item=3875970559&rd=1

Q: I have been watching your listing. Why did the starting price more than double...from $9000 to $20,000? Answered on Feb-25-05 A: I am listing this for a friend. He is an artist and also a musician. He spoke to Marinos Wed night. He told me that collectors drums were going for more money and that a rock and roll museum wanted this drum set a few years back. He then asked me to change the minimum starting bid to $20,000 from $9,000. I do not know what Marinos and my friend talked about but he mentioned another collector drum set from a 1930s band that went for $50,000 recently. I know nothing about musical instruments or musical collectables, I am just listing this for a friend. Thanks for asking.

Considering that Jimmy always played a set with an oversized bass drum (much bigger than 26") on tours before "Strictly Personal" and after, I am rather doubtful that these are his drums. I don't think Jimmy's drums would be considered that valuable either (museum artifact?), except to fans. Nothing against Jimmy, but he's not exactly a household name. That's almost as idiotic as saying the drummer from Air Supply wants $20 K for his "collector" set.

Heck, when Coz sold the Rickenbacker guitar he used on tour in the mid '80s via e-bay a year or two ago, the price was within reason on the guitar market and not inflated to four times the going rate.

Since the seller doesn't even have the name of the album right, I'm very suspicious about the authenticity of the drums, but that's just me.

But on the other hand, if you were going to try and fraudulently sell a drum set by claiming it belonged to a particular drummer, why would you pick someone most people have not heard of? That wouldn't make sense.

That's a good point Rob. Maybe the seller just knew the Romantics wore pink at one time in their career and thought it sounded plausible, hence his not knowing the correct album title. Ludwig could've made that drum kit for anyone who wanted it which might explain it's standard sized drums. Ludwig might have info for the serial numbers on the drums which would provide definitive proof.

Speaking as a drummer, if you have a preferred set up ( i.e. arrangement and/or size of drums) you stick with it. I can't imagine that Jimmy would downsize his kit seeing as how his "regular" kit was already so unique and specially ordered to his personal tastes.

Now if Jimmy's zebra striped "In Heat" drum kit was up for auction, I could see that being a sought after item for it's unique appearance and size. Someone might even be willing to pay $20 K for that.